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Rayman

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Rayman
Rayman cover
Developers
Ubi Pictures
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
DOS December 1995[1]
Windows (DOSBox) March 29, 2011[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Art styles Cartoon
Series Rayman
Rayman on HowLongToBeat
Rayman on IGDB
Rayman guide on StrategyWiki
Rayman on MobyGames
Rayman on Wikipedia
Rayman 1995
Rayman Designer 1997
Rayman By His Fans 1998
Rayman 60 Levels 1999
Rayman 2: The Great Escape 1999
Rayman M 2001
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc 2003
Rabbids (series)
Rayman Origins 2012
Rayman Jungle Run 2013
Rayman Legends 2013
Rayman Fiesta Run 2014
Rayman Mini 2019
Rayman Redemption (unofficial) 2020

Key points

Some antiviruses may detect files from Rayman Forever as being viruses when they are all otherwise false positives, the game itself being safe.[3][4]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Rayman Forever, bundled with Rayman Designer and Rayman By His Fans.
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[5]
Windows
Ubisoft Store
DRM-free after installation through Ubisoft Connect client (notes may include more details)
Rayman Forever, bundled with Rayman Designer and Rayman By His Fans.
Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Ubisoft+.

Essential improvements

Unofficial patches

Rayman Control Panel

An open-source launcher for all Rayman PC games (including many fan games) that aims to unify existing patches, fixes, and extended configuration options.

PSX version soundtrack option. (The PSX version has new music tracks for each level, while the PC version has one music track per world.)
Option to fix the incomplete soundtrack of the GOG release.
Includes all fixes from Rayman Plus.[6].

Rayman Plus

A fan-made installer that allows Rayman/Rayman Forever (including Designer/His Fans/60 Levels) to be played on modern hardware and provides several new features also in Rayman Optimum.

Requires existing copies in order to install all the Rayman 1 games. Rayman 60 Levels is not included in the GOG/Uplay versions by default.
Uses a launcher for easy access, including a configuration tool.
Automatically adds the PS1 version's soundtrack as an option by using the TPLS module.
Uses DOSBox SVN Daum, which is currently an outdated fork of DOSBox.
Click here for additional information.

Rayman Forever DX+

A fan-made patch made specifically for the GOG version of Rayman Forever which fixes several issues found within the game, as well as adds Rayman 60 Levels which is currently not available digitally.

Restores/adds several new features such as:
  • Restored missing PC music tracks.
  • Intro/Outro FMVs.
  • English, French, and German language support.
To install, extract the files from the archive to <path-to-game>.
The only way to change the language from English to something else is either by manually editing the configuration files or using tools such as Rayman Control Panel.

Use the PS1 version's soundtrack

Some mods/patches allow the addition to play Rayman/Rayman Forever with the PS1 version's soundtrack.
Use Rayman Plus, Rayman Control Panel or manually implement them into DOSBox.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\RAYMAN.CFG
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\RAYMAN#.SAV
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect
[7]

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
Selectable in the graphics menu, labeled frequency.
120+ FPS
Running above 60 FPS causes the game to speed up, can be seen when selecting Max frequency in the graphics menu.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

In-game keyboard key map settings.
In-game keyboard key map settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
CD Music can be adjusted independently of sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Language availability varies between releases.
Simplified Chinese
Local retail release only.
French
Language availability varies between releases.
German
Language availability varies between releases; download for GOG.com version
Japanese
Local retail release only.
Spanish
Local retail release only. Voice acting in English.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) 80486 processor
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA-compliant graphics card
Sound (audio device) SoundBlaster compatible sound card required
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) 90 MHz Pentium
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible
Sound (audio device) SoundBlaster compatible sound card required


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References

  1. Rayman sur PC CD-Rom (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-12-04
    "Lancé à Noël 95, après les versions consoles, Rayman PC CD-ROM a fait un tabac dès sa sortie, reconnu par la presse comme le meilleur jeu de plates-formes sur PC!"
  2. New release: Rayman Forever, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2023-10-17
  3. Avast Antivirus detecting malware in GOG uninstall files - unins000.exe, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  4. Rayman Series GOG Forum - False Positives - last accessed on May 2023
  5. List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  6. [1]
  7. Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18